Comments on: I’ll help you, but first hear me http://routecafe.com/posts/ill-help-you-but-first-hear-me.moccha It's all about David's Blog! Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:27:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Justin Johnson http://routecafe.com/posts/ill-help-you-but-first-hear-me.moccha/comment-page-1#comment-2375 Justin Johnson Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:13:31 +0000 http://routecafe.com/?p=194#comment-2375 I hear you on this one. Having been around many programmers and being one myself, it's often just one giant pissing match about who's method is the best. The sad thing is that it's often hard to remember why certain methods are the best, or even what the metrics for "best" are in a particular case (because as we all know they're never the same...). Standards are important and all, but you're unlikely to get a raise for *wasting time* following every little validation point, they don't make your application do back flips and make pancakes at the same time, and they'll never get you laid. In all seriousness though, the best advice that I've given other programmers, fledgling and seasoned, is to, "be zealous about nothing except about not being zealous." Or, in other words, "get a grip and get some perspective." I hear you on this one. Having been around many programmers and being one myself, it’s often just one giant pissing match about who’s method is the best. The sad thing is that it’s often hard to remember why certain methods are the best, or even what the metrics for “best” are in a particular case (because as we all know they’re never the same…). Standards are important and all, but you’re unlikely to get a raise for *wasting time* following every little validation point, they don’t make your application do back flips and make pancakes at the same time, and they’ll never get you laid.

In all seriousness though, the best advice that I’ve given other programmers, fledgling and seasoned, is to, “be zealous about nothing except about not being zealous.” Or, in other words, “get a grip and get some perspective.”

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